HankMorgan
9th August 2006, 08:08
There's a clip I having running in my mind but I can't see how it plays out.
A respected Lebanese grocer kisses his wife, pats his kids on the head and steps downstairs to his grocery. When he enters the grocery he notices the shelf of fruit drink is almost bare so he walks to the storeroom at the back of the grocery. As the grocer opens the door to his storeroom he notices the fruit drink supply is all gone. In fact it's been replaced by katyusha rockets, wall to wall, floor to ceiling. He looks around until his eyes meet the eyes of a young man sipping a fruit drink. The grocer looks down to see a kalashnikov slung from the young man's shoulder. Quickly, without stopping to think the grocer says "Help yourself to the fruit drink", then closes the door to the supply room and steps back.
The grocer spins around and walks to the stairs. As he walks up the stairs he thinks to himself. The katyushas are for a Hezbollah rocket battery. The rockets are for firing at Israel. In the past whenever Israel has been shot at, they shoot back. That means if Hezbollah fires the rockets in my store at Israel, Israel will soon be shooting back at my store.
At the top of the stairs the grocer opens the door to his apartment and says to his wife "Dear wife our country, our village, our grocery have once again become a battlefield...
Does the grocer then continue his sentence with
A) ...we must get our children and ourselves to safety"
or
B) ...let our children and ourselves become martyrs in the struggle to free Palestine from the Jews."
Maybe the grocer said something along the lines of A) but the young man with the kalashnikov and the fruit drink wouldn't let the grocer and his family leave.
Did any scenes like the one above happen in Lebanon during the last few years? If so how did it play out?
A respected Lebanese grocer kisses his wife, pats his kids on the head and steps downstairs to his grocery. When he enters the grocery he notices the shelf of fruit drink is almost bare so he walks to the storeroom at the back of the grocery. As the grocer opens the door to his storeroom he notices the fruit drink supply is all gone. In fact it's been replaced by katyusha rockets, wall to wall, floor to ceiling. He looks around until his eyes meet the eyes of a young man sipping a fruit drink. The grocer looks down to see a kalashnikov slung from the young man's shoulder. Quickly, without stopping to think the grocer says "Help yourself to the fruit drink", then closes the door to the supply room and steps back.
The grocer spins around and walks to the stairs. As he walks up the stairs he thinks to himself. The katyushas are for a Hezbollah rocket battery. The rockets are for firing at Israel. In the past whenever Israel has been shot at, they shoot back. That means if Hezbollah fires the rockets in my store at Israel, Israel will soon be shooting back at my store.
At the top of the stairs the grocer opens the door to his apartment and says to his wife "Dear wife our country, our village, our grocery have once again become a battlefield...
Does the grocer then continue his sentence with
A) ...we must get our children and ourselves to safety"
or
B) ...let our children and ourselves become martyrs in the struggle to free Palestine from the Jews."
Maybe the grocer said something along the lines of A) but the young man with the kalashnikov and the fruit drink wouldn't let the grocer and his family leave.
Did any scenes like the one above happen in Lebanon during the last few years? If so how did it play out?